Rice drier



May 24, 1932. M. H. KINGHAM RICE DRIER Filed Dec. '10, 1930 I n veniorfar/7 M W,

A llomey Patented May 24, 1932 MARK H. KI1\TGEAM,foF LAKE o ARLns, LOISI A .RIOEDRIER, I

Application filed D ecember 10, 1930.: Serial No. 501,375.

This invention relates to an especially constructed receptacle orcontainer somewhat in the nature of a relatively ,s'mall shallow crateprimarily designed for reception of rice, and

constructed with a view toward providing a practical and economicaldevice to a1d 1n conditioning, storing and drying rice to renhaveevolved and produced-a simple'andecd nomical screen bOttOII1 'bOX of;appropriate proportions and construction to permit it. to be employedfor stacking these containers in an especially designed drying house tobe subjected to a special drying process for cf fectively curing therice; inan expeditious and dependable manner, thereby minimizing loss ofthe rice, and rendering it more desirable for marketing purposes.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of adevice constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Figure 2 is aside view. Figure 3 isa cross sectional View. The device,broadly by the numeral 4 in the drawings. It comprises spaced parallelend. walls 5 located be-' tween the end portions of the spacedparallellongitudinal side walls 6." The end portions w of the last namedwallsproject beyond the on thescreen bottom to facilitatethe circu- Vspeaking, is in the form of a rectangular box-like open top con-' taineror receptacle and is generally denoted circulation of air therethrough.Acrossthe i bottom and at longitudinally spacedpoints a are transversecleats 10 Whose end portions 11 project beyond the side walls 6 to serveas spacing elements when stacking the boxes or crates one or the otherin the curing house; It isunderstood that the gist ofithe invention isin the provision of an appropriately proportioned receptacle sometimesreferred to asa crate wherein the sameis provided with end handles tofacilitate,'filling, storing and curing. Particular importance is placed1 'lation of air for drying "purposes. Likewise theprovision of-thetransversecleats 10 is important in that theseprovide reststo facilitatepacking of the boxes in tiers in the curing house. Then too, theextension of the end portions '11 constitute spacing means for f spacingthe boxes of the adjacent tiers from each other, so as to leave airchannels therebetween to further facilitate circulation of air fordrying purposes. 7 I. r r It is thought that the description taken 1 inconnection with the drawings will enable a clear understanding of theinvention to be had. Therefore, a-more lengthy description isthought-unnecessary. or v c x I 7 While the preferred embodiment 'oftheinvention has; been shown and described, it is T to be 'understood thatminor changes coming within the field of invention claimed mayberesorted to ifrdesired Ic laimw A grain drying device of the class described compris ng a substantiallyrectangu- I lar portable box-likeopengtop-receptacle comprising a screen bottom, transverse. end

walls, and longitudinalspaced parallel'si'deff 1 walls,'the end portionsofthe side walls projecting beyond the adjacent ends ot the end wallsand having their -lower edge portion f -'notched toprovide'extensionsconstitutingfl hand grips, a plurality of transversely disposedlongitudinally spaced cleats disposed across the underside of the screenbottom and attached to the side Walls, and forming supporting means forportions of the screen and the outermost cleats 'being spaced in-"wardly from the ends of the screen, the ends of said cleats projectingbeyond the side walls to provide spacing extensions to space therespective containers of stacked tiers from each other to facilitatecirculation of air betweenthe tiers for the purpose specified. 1 7

In testimony whereof I affix signatm'e.

7 'MARK HIK

